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Islands – In a Dream It Seemed Real (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting
In a Dream It Seemed Real

TRACK

In a Dream It Seemed Real

Release date: 14th February 2012

From A Sleep & A ForgettingTrack 13:21

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"In a Dream It Seemed Real" is a track by Islands, from the album A Sleep & A Forgetting, released 14th February 2012. The track is 3:21 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Islands.

About the Artist

Islands

Islands

Lyrics

In a Dream It Seemed Real

Open up your door for me
And let me in
Oh, can't you see
How cold I am?

You remain there
Unabated
And you refuse to
Let me lose you

Only when I sleep I do

And sounds forming words
From the well spring of concern
While my boat in that old shun turned
On the hull I watched the city burn

In a dream
In a dream
In a dream
It seemed real

Even in the dream I cried
I'm the giveaway
I could never hide
All the sadness inside

Blue, what a funny color to
Color you
Love is hard to hold onto
Only when I sleep, i do

And sounds forming words
From the well spring of concern
While my boat in that old shun turned
On the hull I watched the city burn

In a dream
In a dream
In a dream
It seemed real

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Track details

From A Sleep & A Forgetting

3:212012

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Album

A Sleep & A Forgetting

14th February 2012

Track number

1

Release year

2012

1In a Dream It Seemed Real
3:21
2This Is Not a Song
3:56
3Never Go Solo
4:45
4No Crying
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